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Egg freezing at Pollin Fertility gives you meaningful control over your reproductive timeline. Whether you’re career-focused and not ready yet, approaching 35 and conscious of the clock, or facing a medical treatment that may affect your fertility — Pollin offers physician-led oocyte cryopreservation with VIOLET™ AI-assisted egg quality assessment.
No referral required. Cycle monitoring — bloodwork and ultrasounds — is available in Toronto, Markham, *Ottawa, and Sudbury.
For patients located outside of Toronto, the only trips to our Yonge and Eglinton clinic is for baseline testing (Sudbury only) and the egg retrieval procedure itself.
*Our new full-service Ottawa clinic opens in Spring/Summer 2026.
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For most patients, the optimal window for egg freezing is between 25 and 35. Before 35, egg quality and ovarian reserve are generally at their peak, which is associated with better stimulation response and a higher proportion of chromosomally normal eggs in the broader population.
After 35, egg quality and quantity begin to decline more noticeably. That does not mean egg freezing is no longer worthwhile — it means the sooner you act, the more options you typically have. Pollin offers egg freezing consultations for patients from their early 20s through their early 40s.
Medical egg freezing is also available for patients who need to preserve fertility before cancer treatment, autoimmune therapy, or other interventions. In some cases, your specialist may be able to support partial OHIP coverage through your diagnosis. Ask your referring physician.
Your AMH level — a blood test that measures your ovarian reserve directly — is a more accurate predictor of your egg freezing response than age alone. Pollin includes AMH testing in the initial consultation for all egg freezing patients.
The answer depends on your age and your AMH level. As a population-level guide:
• Under 35: aim for 10–15 mature eggs for a starting reserve
• Ages 35–37: aim for 15–20 mature eggs
• Ages 38–40: 20+ mature eggs, which may require two retrieval cycles
These are starting points, *based on published population-level research, not guarantees. A patient with a high AMH at 37 may reach her target in one cycle. A patient at 30 with diminished ovarian reserve may need two. Your Pollin physician will calculate a personalized egg target at your first appointment based on your actual testing results — not population averages.
Some patients choose to complete one retrieval cycle and reassess. Others bank a larger reserve over two cycles for greater confidence. There is no single right answer — only the right answer for your situation.
A ground-breaking AI-generated assessment of a patient’s egg quality.
*Optional add-on to Egg Freezing Cycle
We are proud to offer the VIOLET™ report as an optional add on to your Egg Freezing cycle to help you better understand your likelihood of future pregnancy success with the eggs you’ve frozen.
Having more information about your egg quality allows for better informed decisions about the number of egg freezing cycles you may need to reach your future family building goals.
Pollin uses VIOLET™ by Future Fertility — an AI-assisted egg quality assessment technology — to evaluate retrieved eggs before freezing. VIOLET™ identifies quality indicators in egg morphology that are not reliably visible to the human eye alone, helping the embryology team determine which eggs are the strongest candidates for vitrification.
What this means for you: the eggs you freeze at Pollin are not just stored — they are assessed and documented, giving you and your physician a clearer picture of your reproductive reserve and what to expect when you’re ready to use them.
Designed to provide objective, AI-driven assessment of oocyte quality — an area where traditional methods have relied on subjective embryologist evaluation.
VIOLET™ uses a light microscope to capture images of mature retrieved eggs, then AI software compares them to a database of over 650,000 (and growing) previously frozen eggs and their outcomes. The AI then grades each egg’s quality on a scale of 0-10, with higher scores indicating better quality.
VIOLET™ provides a quality score for each retrieved egg and an estimate of blastocyst development potential, along with statistical modelling that accounts for factors including egg freezing, thawing, and chromosomal probability.
Each VIOLET™ report contains:
✓ A record of the number of eggs that you’ve frozen
✓ Each egg’s probability of becoming a blastocyst (day 5 or 6 embryo)
✓ A personalized prediction of your overall chance of live birth
✓ Images of your eggs
To learn more about VIOLET™, click HERE
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Cost: $8,550
Inclusions:
✓ Consultations
✓ Fertility assessment & analysis
✓ Dedicated care team
✓ Cycle monitoring
✓ Egg retrieval
✓ 1st year of storage
Exclusions:
✗ Medication, which can range between $3,000 - $5,000+ depending on your protocol
✗ VIOLET™ Report (Egg Quality Analysis): $495
✗ Annual storage fee after 1st year: $900/year
Did you know?
Many employer benefit plans include fertility treatments as part of their annual coverage. Consult with your HR department or insurance provider to explore what may be available to you.
OHIP Coverage
Elective egg freezing is not covered by OHIP. Medical egg freezing — for patients facing fertility-threatening medical treatment — may be eligible for partial coverage through your diagnosis. Ask your specialist.
Egg freezing is a proactive and empowering fertility preservation option that may offer you control over your reproductive timeline.
It is a multi-step process that involves stimulating the ovaries with hormones to produce multiple eggs that are retrieved from the ovaries and then frozen.
In the future, these eggs can be thawed and combined with sperm to create embryos that are implanted in the uterus for pregnancy.
The younger you are when you freeze your eggs, the better your chances of having a healthy birth in the future. Egg freezing should ideally occur before the age of 35, but egg freezing remains a good option for women or anyone with ovaries over 35, especially if your AMH level is healthy. Your Pollin physician will look at your complete medical and fertility history and transparently discuss if egg freezing is right for you.
Most fertility specialists recommend freezing eggs before 35, when egg quality and quantity are at their peak. Pollin offers egg freezing consultations from the early 20s through the early 40s. Your AMH level — a simple blood test — is a more reliable predictor of your response than age alone. Book a consultation to get a clear picture of your current ovarian reserve.
Biology - The quality and quantity of your eggs decrease as you age, leading to decreased pregnancy rates and increased miscarriage rates. Egg freezing allows you to freeze a group of good quality eggs for future use.
Reproductive Autonomy - Egg freezing is a technology that gives you the ability to be proactive about your fertility and delay pregnancy until you are ready - personally, professionally and financially.
Medical Reasons - The treatment of certain medical conditions, such as various autoimmune diseases, endometriosis or various cancers, can affect the quality and quantity of the eggs in the ovaries or even the ovaries themselves. These treatments can include certain immunosuppressant medications, pelvic surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation.
Gender-Affirming Care - Transgender individuals with ovaries may wish to freeze their eggs prior to commencing gender-affirming treatment, as these treatments can affect the quality and production of eggs. Egg freezing allows for more options once a couple or individual is ready to start or grow their family.
Although everyone’s experience is different, the most important predictors of a successful pregnancy are:
Age - The younger you are when you freeze your eggs, the better your chances of having a healthy birth in the future. Egg freezing should ideally occur before the age of 35, but egg freezing remains a good option for women or anyone with ovaries over 35, especially if their egg number is high.
Number of Frozen Eggs - The more eggs you have frozen, the better your chances of success in the future. That’s because not all frozen eggs survive the thawing process, not all thawed eggs fertilize into embryos, and not all embryos become a successful pregnancy.
Ovarian Reserve - This is a measure of the number of eggs in your ovaries, directly related to your age. We will perform a comprehensive assessment of your ovarian reserve before determining if egg freezing is right for you.
We will store frozen oocytes on-site for a period of up to 15 years, or until you reach the age of 51, whichever comes first.
The odds of a future pregnancy will depend on many factors, such as your age at the time of egg freezing, and the number of eggs retrieved.
It is important to note that egg freezing is not a guarantee for a future pregnancy. Every patient is different and your Pollin physician will transparently discuss the benefits vs. risks of the procedure based on your medical history, diagnostic test results and future family building goals.
The stimulation phase involves dail self-administered injectable medications, which most patients manage comfortably at home after a brief training appointment.
The egg retrieval procedure is performed under sedation — you are asleep and feel nothing during the procedure. Most patients describe mild cramping or bloating for 1–2 days after retrieval, which resolves quickly.
At Pollin, we aim to make egg freezing as accessible as possible. If you have a family physician, you can ask them to complete a referral form found on our website (under “Referring MDs”) and we will contact you upon receipt.
No referral? Not a problem!
Book your first consultation through our website without a referral and we will facilitate one for you through our medical partner (covered by OHIP).
Egg freezing at Pollin starts from $8550 per cycle, including all consultations, monitoring, retrieval, vitrification, and first-year storage. Annual storage fees apply after year one. Elective egg freezing is not covered by OHIP, though some benefits plans provide partial coverage.
Fertility medications used to stimulate the ovaries to produce more eggs are additional costs and are dependent on your protocol.
Elective (social) egg freezing is not covered by OHIP or the OFP. Medical egg freezing — for patients facing cancer treatment or another condition affecting fertility — may be eligible for partial coverage through your referring specialist.
The Ontario Fertility Program (OFP) covers IVF (when eggs are fertilized to create embryos) but not egg freezing specifically. The initial fertility consultation at Pollin is covered by OHIP for Ontario residents.
At Pollin, you experience expert advice, personal attention, and peace of mind, all in one place.
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We built Pollin because we believe that patients deserve better care. Achieving optimal Egg Freezing cycle outcomes start with great fertility doctors who have access to the best technology, and state of the art facilities. This is what Pollin is and it’s what we represent.
Our Egg Freezing program was thoughtfully designed to value and respect the current stage of life you’re in while giving you more options for the ones still to come.
We invite you to experience The Pollin Difference.
Pollin is voluntarily submitting our lab for CAP (American Accreditation Standards) which are considered the best in the world.
IVF at Pollin Fertility Toronto is led by Royal College-certified Reproductive Endocrinologists — physicians who trained exclusively in fertility medicine, not generalists who added it to a practice. Every patient is assigned a named specialist, a dedicated care team, and a protocol built specifically around their diagnosis, their results, and their timeline.
For patients who qualify for Ontario’s funded IVF program, Pollin offers no-waitlist entry to government-funded cycles.
For patients pursuing private treatment, our Toronto and Ottawa (coming soon) labs use AI-assisted embryo assessment at every stage of development.
No referral is required. Cycle monitoring is available in Toronto, Markham, Ottawa, and Sudbury — the only appointments requiring travel to our Yonge and Eglinton clinic are diagnostic testing (Sudbury only) egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
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